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Old 21 Apr 2017, 00:37 (Ref:3728069)   #76
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 01:33 (Ref:3728075)   #77
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That is sad, seeing what I always thought was one of the more successful categories in the country end up running with only 10 cars (and only one of them within a second and the others all three seconds or more off the pace.)
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 02:01 (Ref:3728076)   #78
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 02:19 (Ref:3728077)   #79
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That is sad, seeing what I always thought was one of the more successful categories in the country end up running with only 10 cars (and only one of them within a second and the others all three seconds or more off the pace.)
Most of the mainstays of of the catagory have, or are, moving on. Not to mention those who are hard at work, setting up for the next incarnation of the catagory with the turbo diesels.
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 02:33 (Ref:3728080)   #80
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Yes, I'm not that surprised that the grid is so poor.
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 02:45 (Ref:3728081)   #81
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Worth noting that a few of the state-based production car championships have declared that the utes are eligible to run with them, with minimal changes (I think just a couple of parts needed to be swapped back to stock items).
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 02:51 (Ref:3728082)   #82
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Anyone else see Samsung is sponsoring one of the Sieders owned 86's? Interesting. I'm with Umai a lot of the teams are downsizing these rounds to better prepare for the next phase of the series
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 03:26 (Ref:3728086)   #83
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Couple of tyre failures for Coulthard and Lowndes. Bit of a hard hit in the Caltex car, looks like they've got a bit of work on their hands.
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 03:52 (Ref:3728087)   #84
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I didn't see Lowndes's crash but judging by this it must have been a major one.
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 04:05 (Ref:3728089)   #85
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Went in right rear first, then flicked around mid-air.
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 04:10 (Ref:3728090)   #86
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http://www.supercars.com/videos/cham...h/?cat=default

Here is video of the Lowndes shunt. It was a pretty nasty one. It happened at about the same spot he and Bowe had that massive crash at back in the 90s incidentally.

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Old 21 Apr 2017, 05:30 (Ref:3728104)   #87
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those pink numbers on svgs car are unreadible.

But i guess if only one car has the pink numbers it doesnt matter because its the car with pink numbers
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 06:21 (Ref:3728110)   #88
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11 cars n the support categories session 2. 4 cars within a second
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 10:01 (Ref:3728140)   #89
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Anyone know who the new sponsor on Mostert's bonnet is?
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 10:03 (Ref:3728141)   #90
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I wonder if the cheque to Erebus will ever clear?
Insurance job apparently. According to the commentary during P1 today. LDM have both cars insured. Skaife and Crompo said it was unusual and usually only seen in lease deals in junior categories.



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Old 21 Apr 2017, 11:10 (Ref:3728154)   #91
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Insurance job apparently. According to the commentary during P1 today. LDM have both cars insured. Skaife and Crompo said it was unusual and usually only seen in lease deals in junior categories.

Insurance is all over the AGT grid, and Dunlop series.. are they junior?

At $8k-$12k/round, its a big outlay.. in this case perhaps better spent on the upgrade of the chassis?
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 12:45 (Ref:3728173)   #92
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At $8k-$12k/round, its a big outlay.. in this case perhaps better spent on the upgrade of the chassis?
Apparently cost LD 250K. I assume for the year for both cars. Maybe a condition that both drivers cough up for this?



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Old 21 Apr 2017, 13:05 (Ref:3728177)   #93
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Anyone know who the new sponsor on Mostert's bonnet is?
Bayford 100 years. A ford dealer in melbournes North. also provides mustangs (and otehr cars to the drivers)

sorry no pic, but picked it up from the highlights package on the supercars website, then checked it against bayford website
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 23:29 (Ref:3728271)   #94
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I got it.. thinking aloud..

The excess on these kinds of insurances are usually pretty high. One I saw a few years ago in AGT was a $50k excess! Cheaper than losing a $450k car, but youbstill have to find the $50k... and source a replacement car/parts/people to fix it..

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Apparently cost LD 250K. I assume for the year for both cars. Maybe a condition that both drivers cough up for this?
Looking at cost/benefit.. BJR had a horrible weekend in Tasmania, losing 2 chassis as they did. Mr B.Jones put the cost of all of that at around $300k. Plus the stress & strain on people/parts pipelines and all that fun stuff.

Total loss accidents are (thankfully) rare in Supercar.

Balancing the cost of insurance with the cost of a total loss including excess, its a financial tightrope.

Perhaps the difference between sourcing the sponsor/choosing the driver, and running a customer/paydriver operation
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Old 21 Apr 2017, 23:41 (Ref:3728275)   #96
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Bayford 100 years. A ford dealer in melbournes North. also provides mustangs (and otehr cars to the drivers)

sorry no pic, but picked it up from the highlights package on the supercars website, then checked it against bayford website
Ah ok cheers mate
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Old 22 Apr 2017, 05:41 (Ref:3728298)   #97
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How long before Betty has a sook to the media about Mr Slade's 'Class B' remarks to Mr Reynolds?
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Old 22 Apr 2017, 05:53 (Ref:3728299)   #98
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Even the kids in Super2 and Khumo managed a cleaner start than that shambles.
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Old 22 Apr 2017, 05:56 (Ref:3728300)   #99
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Some drivers seem to lack a bit of spacial awareness.
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Old 22 Apr 2017, 06:04 (Ref:3728301)   #100
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Wow these tyre issues are unreal. There's going to be a big shunt.
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